Irritating rainbows

[benhall.1]

So there's this ad on telly over here in good ol' Blighty. It uses a song, which is probably very famous but which, frankly, I can't be bothered to look up, 'cos it irritates the hell outta me.

The song starts:

"Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side?"

So that set me thinking. I can't think of a single song about rainbows and what's on the other side. I'm quite prepared to be proved wrong. So let's have them. All those "so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side."

[fearfaoin]

The song is from "The Muppet Movie"(1979) .
I always assumed they were referring specifically
to one song: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from
The Wizard of Oz (which it rivals in schmaltz).

[Denny]

@Ben
okay, you ain't the frog...

Rainbow Connection

or, howsabout Debbie & Kermit

[benhall.1]

I'd forgotten that it was from The Muppet Movie. I probably loved it in that. But not in the version in this ad, with some woman singing it in that annoying, little girl, slightly lispy, 'fragile' and, I guess, supposed-to-be-ultra-feminine voice. Ugh!

Anyway, the reference to Somewhere Over the Rainbow? My point exactly. It's not about "what's on the other side". It's about what's over the rainbow. Completely different. For a start, the point being that you have to be dead to go there.

Anyway, what are all the other songs then? Hmmm?

I'm still grumpy about it.

Hmph!

[s1m0n]

#1 Over the Rainbow with Yip Harburg
BBC R4 - Over the Rainbow with Yip Harburg -128 kb...

In this interesting documentary broadcaster Stephen Evans explores the life and work of lyricist Yip Harburg, who became known as the 'social conscience' of Broadway, and discovers his contemporary relevance.

Harburg became famous for writing the lyrics to The Wizard of Oz and the anthem of the Great Depression era, Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? His strong socialist views led him to become a victim of the infamous Hollywood anti-communist blacklist in the 1950s.

Length 28 mins
Mono mp3
Bitrate 128 kbps
Sampling 44KHz
Encoder Polderbits

http://rapidshare.com/files/382920216/OTRYH.mp3

The rainbow was entirely Harburg's contribution to the festivities; it wasn't in the novel. The Beeb programme is pretty interesting. I hadn't known that Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? was so huge, & seen as the defining song of its era.

[Peter Duggan]

Harburg also wrote the lyrics for Finian's Rainbow. But I can't agree with fearfaoin about Over the Rainbow being schmaltzy when I consider it a true gem with perfectly matched lyrics and music... and, yes, I'm being serious!

[ytliek]

you have got to be kidding! how could you leave out WN?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deebKNI- ... re=related

and if ya ina hurry, just start @ 2:00mark

p.s. and then play it again...

[Denny]

you have got to be kidding! how could you leave out WN?

it was a close call...DH won

'cause she had the frog

[ytliek]

it was a close call...DH won

'cause she had the frog

yeah, I love animals too, but WN just keeps grindin'em out... ya know... "Traditional"

[Denny]

so he does

I think his road addiction is as bad as RC & BD's


well, you started it

[ytliek]

I think his road addiction is as bad as RC & BD's

for that rode addiction see http://www.ehow.com/about_6630504_equin ... ction.html

or better yet, just "I'll Have Another" http://www.kentuckyderby.com/

and thank goodness we ride horses and horses don't ride us

[mutepointe]

"Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side?"

[weedie]

What about .............
Chasin'Rainbows by The Dallas String Band...as recorded by R.Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders !
That's a nice one ..

[maki]

The most irritating rainbows?
Double Rainbows!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI

[dwest]

I love Rainbow Bridge, hard to beat Hendrix.